Guan Shanhai, who had been yelling earlier, now fell silent.
Under Xu Fan's questioning, for the first time, he began to doubt the way he interacted with his daughter.
Xu Fan glanced at Guan Shimeng beside him and then said, "Shimeng is a good girl. Given the family she was born into, she had every right to be willful, but she chose not to."
"When you sent her to learn piano, she devoted herself to it. When criticized for not being number one, she strove to seize first place. She didn't like doing this; she was simply sensible and wanted to make you, as her father, happy."
"And what about you? You think it brings you prestige to have a daughter skilled in music, chess, calligraphy, and painting, so you make her learn. You think it's prestigious to have a child whose grades surpass others, so you push her to study relentlessly..."
"All of this, all because you think, you want prestige. Is this really an act of love? To me, it's just your selfish decision."
